A method of mounting a rotor assembly to a frame of an electric motor includes providing a rotor assembly having a bearing and a frame having a bearing seat. The method includes locating the bearing within the bearing seat, applying a first adhesive at a substantially hidden interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, applying a second adhesive at a substantially visible interface between the bearing and the bearing seat, and curing the first and second adhesives using different curing processes.

A stator or rotor for an electric machine such as a motor or generator comprising: at least one ring formed of a plurality of pole segments, wherein each pole segment comprises an arcuate base and at least one magnetisable pole extending radially from the arcuate base; and at least one end cap comprising, or consisting essentially of a non-conductive material.

A motor includes a motor body, a bracket installed in the motor body, a rotating shaft, a bearing accommodated inside the bracket and supporting the rotating shaft, and a bearing supporter defining a plurality of pores. The bracket and the bearing define a bearing heat dissipation flow path between an outer surface of the bearing and an inner surface of the bracket, and the bearing heat dissipation flow path is configured to pass air therethrough. The bearing supporter is disposed in the bearing heat dissipation flow path, and the bracket defines a bracket through-hole configured to discharge air that has passed through the plurality of pores of the bearing supporter.

The present invention may provide a motor including a housing coupled to a first bearing, a stator disposed in the housing, a rotor disposed in the stator, and a shaft coupled to the rotor, wherein the housing includes a body and a first pocket formed to be bent from one side of the body toward an inner side of the housing, the first pocket includes an extended part bent from the one side of the body and a first support part bent from the extended part, the first pocket includes a first opening formed by one side of the extended part adjacent to the one side of the body and a second opening formed by the first support part, and a size of the first opening is greater than a size of the second opening.

A motor includes a rotor including a shaft that extends axially, a stator that surrounds the radial outer side of the rotor and includes coils defined by windings of coil wires, a holder with through-holes that is axially above the stator for insertion of the coil wires therethrough and extends axially, and a substrate that is axially above the holder and includes an electronic component mounted thereon. Only some of the coil wires with the same phase are inserted into each of the through-holes, and the through-holes are separate holes provided to different phases of the coil wires.

A power tool including a housing, a controller within the housing, and a brushless motor within the housing and controlled by the controller. The brushless motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor core, and a rotor enclosure. The stator assembly includes a stator core having stator laminations defining a stack length in an axial direction. The rotor enclosure includes a front end cap provided on a first side of the rotor core having a front bearing holder; and a rear end cap provided on a second side of the rotor core. The brushless motor further includes a fan, a front bearing, and a rear bearing. The front bearing holder and the fan define a bearing-to-fan length in the axial direction between axial ends of the front bearing holder and the fan, wherein a difference between the bearing-to-fan length and the stack length is less than 23.5 millimeters.

A motor includes a rotor with a shaft that extends axially, a stator that surrounds a radial outer side of the rotor, a heat sink that is axially above the stator and provided with cavities that pass conductors therethrough and extend axially, and a substrate that is axially above the heat sink and includes an electronic component mounted thereon, wherein the heat sink includes a contact surface that contacts the substrate or electronic component directly or via a heat dissipating member and an exposed surface that does not come into contact with other members, wherein the exposed surface is located closer to an outer edge than the cavities.

A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, and a flange. The housing includes a first cylindrical portion, a contact portion extending radially inward from an axial lower end of the first cylindrical portion, a second cylindrical portion that extends axially downward from a radial inner edge of the contact portion and has a smaller outer diameter than the first cylindrical portion, and a bottom portion extending radially inward from an axial lower end of the second cylindrical portion. The flange includes a flange cylindrical portion, and a flange flat portion extending radially outward from an axial lower end of the flange cylindrical portion. The flange cylindrical portion is fixed to an outer surface of the second cylindrical portion and an upper end of the flange cylindrical portion contacts with an outside lower surface of the contact portion.

A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, a substrate, a connector, and a cover. The cover includes a covering wall that extends axially downward from a radial outer rim and covers at least a portion of the radial outer rim of the connector, and a cover recess that is radially inward from the covering wall and is depressed axially. The connector includes a connector projection that is provided in a radial outer edge area and extends axially, and the connector projection and the cover recess are fitted together through a gap.

A motor includes a heat sink including an inner region, and an outer region located radially outward from the inner region. An axial thickness of the inner region is larger than an axial thickness of the outer region, the bottom surface of the outer region is located axially above the bottom surface of the inner region, and the inner region and the electronic component at least partially overlap in an axial direction. A bus bar holder is located axially below the outer region and overlaps the inner region in a radial direction.